AWE’s response to MoD request for epidemiological studies reports and site ground contamination analysis

In response to FOI request by Rob Evans, Defence Procurement Agency provided AWE’s response to MoD request for epidemiological studies report and site ground contamination analysis. 2 epidemiological studies in 1988 and 1998 were cited. Standardized mortality rate is significantly raised (5%) in the case of kidney cancer and pleural cancer in R/A workers. It was attributed to “chance”.